As expected, it was almost as Li Xiang expected. When they finished their breakfast, news came out from the palace that the Khan of Western Turkic Khan was not feeling well today, so there was no meeting with Li Xiang. If there was anything, they could ask the Prime Minister to wait until he recovered before meeting with Li Xiang.
"This is truly shameless! Although Western Turkic is considered a great power in the Western Regions, they actually dared to act arrogantly towards us today. And they acted arrogantly towards Your Highness. If it weren't for this trivial matter, with just one word from Your Highness, I would have been able to storm the palace before noon."
Niu Jinda has a bad temper, and without Li Xiang, Niu Jinda would not be able to command the army again. When he saw that someone did not take Li Xiang seriously, Niu Jinda could not control his temper.
He himself could endure it, but Li Xiang couldn't. This was what Niu Jinda really thought. He regarded Li Xiang as a god. If you bully Li Xiang, it would be more painful than bullying him.
"Damn it! They really think their cavalry is invincible. Your Highness, although we are here to solve the problem, we can't just put up with it. Are we going to watch them ride on our heads?"
Yuchi Baolin couldn't stand it anymore. As long as they had been in the army for many years, they had military merits and had defeated the enemies outside. They were all full of self-confidence. Of course, all this was brought to them by Li Xiang. When they saw Li Xiang being humiliated, these people felt uncomfortable.
"You two should consider the actual situation. What are we here for? This is also a very normal thing. It is also possible that the person really has health problems. Do we have to rush over to meet him just because he has health problems? If so, we would be too unreasonable. Besides, didn't he say that if he has any problems, he can go to the Prime Minister."
Li Xiang kept a calm mind. If it were in earlier years, Li Xiang would just let the whole army prepare, and then lead his men to attack directly. What problem could not be solved? When the knife was on his neck, what I said would be the final word.
But we can't do that now. If we really do that, the countries in the Western Regions will immediately spread the news. People will say that the incident is true and Li You really seduced someone's wife. Then the reputation of the Tang Empire will be ruined, and the impact in the future will be far-reaching. This is not something that can be solved by one or two wars. Can you control people's mouths?
After hearing what Li Xiang said, the two generals kept silent. Anyway, they had nothing to do today, so the two generals went out to train their troops. However, Li Xiang also told them that they must not step out of the camp gate.
Now is a very sensitive moment. Someone is provoking you in your own military camp. If you run outside, you will see the angry faces of those people outside. Who knows what trouble they will cause? If a war really breaks out, Li Xiang is not worried about his own safety, but is worried that there will be no channel to explain this matter.
About half an hour later, the Prime Minister's men brought all the files. Li Xiang also prepared gifts for these people. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. He asked his men to chat with these people for a while to see if they could get any information out of them.
It was obvious that these people had been warned by Abarasha, so they accepted the gifts but would never reveal a word.
Eunuch Han took several clerks from the army to check the files. These clerks had never encountered such things, but Eunuch Han gave them a temporary training, and they understood some things. As long as they found some suspicious places, Eunuch Han would check it personally.
While these people were looking up information, Li Xiang called Long San over. The two of them changed into casual clothes, and then while no one was paying attention, they displayed their amazing skills and directly entered the royal city of Western Turkestan.
"Are you bringing anyone else?"
After entering the royal city, Li Xiang discovered that there were still many people following him. He had previously instructed Long San not to take anyone else with him except the two of them, but Li Xiang's status was now very important, and Long San did not dare to take this responsibility.
Seeing Long San's aggrieved look, Li Xiang didn't dare to criticize him. The people he brought were all soldiers exchanged from the system, and these people were all wearing plain clothes. They were now hiding in the surrounding streets and would not cause any trouble to Li Xiang. If anything happened to Li Xiang, they could rush over to ensure Li Xiang's safety at the first time.
The capital of the Western Turkic empire is the largest city in the surrounding area, but like some cities in Gaochang Kingdom, it is not very good inside. Although the local people are very proud and keep saying that this is the most prosperous place, if they saw Chang'an City, I wonder if they could still say similar things.
"Dear guests, please come in and have a bowl of hot mare's milk tea. Let the mare's milk tea drive away the coldness in you."
When Li Xiang and Long San passed by a store, the owner had already come to the street to solicit customers. Li Xiang and Long San nodded. They had been strolling on the street for a long time. Many people were talking about Li You, but they didn't talk about the point.
This is actually a restaurant. There are no special teahouses in Western Turkestan. Although Li Xiang is not hungry now, he is ready to go in and listen to what these people are talking about.
Li Xiang had observed it just now. The scale of this restaurant was quite good. Since ordinary people could not talk about the main points, these people might reveal some information. Li Xiang and Long San asked for a seat by the window, which was surrounded by people.
"Bring out some of your favorites."
Li Xiang took out a piece of silver weighing two taels and threw it directly into the waiter's hand. The waiter agreed and hurried down to prepare food for Li Xiang. The consumption level here was not very high, and two taels of silver was already a lot of money.
If it were in modern society, the two would have free tea when they sat down, but in this era, the price of tea was almost the same as gold, so they could only be poured a cup of mare's milk tea. I don't know if there would be enough tea leaves in that big jar. Mare's milk was worthless to them, but tea was very precious.
"This must have been done by the Batu family. They are reluctant to give up the profits from tea..."
